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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 65 · 1996 by-elections
Belsand
Winner — 1996 by-elections
Vrishin Patel
SAP 36.3%JD 34.4%3 others 29.3%
Votes
33,381
36.3% share
Winning margin
1,783
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
5
Belsand was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,783 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vrishin Patel | 33,381 | 36.3% | |
| 2 | Nagendra Prasad Singh | 31,598 | 34.4% | |
| 3 | Ramswarth Rai | 26,228 | 28.5% | |
| 4 | Dewanti Singh | 568 | 0.6% | |
| 5 | Upendra Thakur | IND | 148 | 0.2% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (9th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.6% · min 0.1% · max 40.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
80%
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9th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.98
fewer partiesmore parties
4th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
195th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
SAP 36.3%JD 34.4%SP 28.5%OTH 0.8%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,71,029
Density
1005 / km²
Sex ratio
919 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,057 km²
SC population8.6%
ST population5.9%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
55%HINDU
Hindu 54.9%Muslim 44.5%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water2.3%
Electricity9.9%
Sanitation17.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births66.9%
Children fully vaccinated73.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER43.9%
Children underweight (under 5)48.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER68.4%
Women literate49.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel16.9%
Health insurance8.4%
What's nearby?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.